Bottle-closure.



H. W. MAURER.'

BOTTLE CLOSURB.

APBLIUATION FILED JULY 24, 190s.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

UNTTED sTATns PATENT orme.

HENRY W. MAURER, OE ROCHES'IER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO TAYLOR INSTRUMENT COMPANIES, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OE NEW YORK.

BOTTLErCLOSURE.

Specification of Lettcrspatent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

Application filed July 2 4., Serial No. L$45,137.

To4 all whom may concern:

Be it known Vthat HENRY IV. MAUEER, of Rochester, inthe county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Closures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication, and to the reference-nw merals marked thereon.

The present invention relates to bottle closures and has for its object to provide an improved means for locking the closure in engagement with the bottle, said means being' simple to operate and inexpensive tomanufacture.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claimsa-t the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is aview showing the bottle and parts of the holder in ver-` tical section and other parts in elevation Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the upper portion of a bottle and the holder; and Fig. 3 is a. top view of the holder on a bottle.

The invention is herein shown as embodied in a holder for supporting thermometers on beer bottles l having enlargements 2 at their upper ends. The holder comprises a head which on its under side may be formed with a seat consisting in this instance of a ocket containing a resilient ring 3 of rub er or other material having a flange 4 which tits within the upper end or mouth of the bottle. The head is secured to the bottle by a plurality of clamping elements preferably in the form of levers 5 pivotally connected at a point substantially midway of their ends to the periphery of the head which for this purpose may be provided with a number of pairs of ears 6, each pair having a lever 5 pivoted between them on a pivot pin 7, in the form of a removable screw permitting the lever to be removed. A single operating means for the levers is provided and comprises in this instance, a cam member 8 preferably in the form of an inverted frustoconical member arranged to turn on a screw 9l that projects upwardly from the head. The cam member may be rotated by a removable spa-n wrench 8a to engage the upper ends of the lever and separate them to cause their lowerv ends to be moved toward each other and clamp a bottle on the seat in the head. If desirable a single resilient member, in the VVform of a ring, 9 may surropnd the upper ends ofthe levers to press them toward the cam. This ring is inexpensive to install and at thesame .time may be easily removed to clean the holder.

The thermometer l0 may be of any suitv able construction and may be supported in a tube ll that is closed at its lower end and open at intervals throughout its length in order to permitit to be directly affected by the contents of the bottle and to be visible so that its readings may be taken. The tube is threaded at its upper end and eX- tends through the head to detachably engage threads formed within the hollow.l screw 9a.

In operation, the tube 11 with a thermometer therein is inserted into the bottle until the seat on the under surface of the head rests against the mouth. The cam 9 is rotated to force the upper ends of the lever 5 outwardly and their lower ends into engagement with the neck below the enlargement 2, the lower ends being preferably provided with lateral hooks or projections 5at to prevent slipping. After the holder has been locked or clamped to a bottle, the span wrench is removed so that it will not become heated. Then the thermometer has been iu the bottle suiiicient time to become affected by the contents thereof the holder is removed by rotating the cam in the other direction.

lVith a holder constructed in accordance with this invention a thermometer may be centered in a vessel and may be quickly and easily fitted to and removed therefrom. After every taking of a temperature the mercury of the thermometer must be shaken down the thermometer being of the type in which a restricted passage is provided between the bulb and the stem. The clamping parts are compact-ly arranged and do not vibrate during the shaking and the handle being removable makes it necessary that the user shall clasp the holder in such a manner that a firm grip will be maintained dur-K ing the shaking. y

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a head formed with a seat for the upper end of a vessel, of

a plurality of levers pivoted to said head, the lower ends being adapted to engage a vessel engaging the seat, means cooperating with all of the levers to move them simultaneously into engagement with the vessel, and av resilient member cooperating with all of the levers to move them out of engagement with the vessel.

2. The combination with a head having a l 3. The combination with a head having a vessel seat, of clamping elements on the head l to engage a vessel on the seat, a single resilient member cooperating with all of the elements to ino-ve them in one direction, and a cani Cooperating with all of the said elements to move them in the other direction.

4. The combination with a head having an annular seat on its under side, and a screw projecting' upwardly therefrom, of a plurality of levers pivoted to the periphery of the head, a resilient member surrounding the upper ends of the levers, and an inverted frusto-conioal cam operating on the screw to 33 Witnesses HAROLD H. SIMMs, RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH. 

